SHORT COURSES NOW AVAILABLE TO BOOK:
Bloomsbury Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics will be running the following short courses in September 2016:
Course 1: Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology in the GWAS era
Course dates: 6th September 2016 – 9th September 2016
Genetic epidemiology holds great potential for personalised medicine and improved biological knowledge of disease processes. This course provides an introduction
to the design, analysis and interpretation of genetic studies of disease, with a focus on state of the art analysis of genomewide association scans. The course is 4 days long. On days 1 and 2, basic genetics will be introduced and relevant statistical methods
for linkage and association analysis will be described. Days 3 and 4 will cover the design and analysis of genomewide association scans, including emerging applications to risk prediction and biological pathway analysis. Throughout the course participants
will gain practical experience of analysing genetic data in population and family studies. By the end of the course participants will have an understanding of the fundamental concepts of genetic epidemiology, will have a working knowledge of the terminology
and current status of the field, and will be able to perform many basic analyses of genetic data. This course is followed by the companion course “High throughput sequencing in disease studies”.
Course 2: High throughput sequencing in disease studies
Course dates: 12th September 2016 – 15th September 2016
Rapidly developing technologies now allow genomes to be sequenced more quickly and cheaply than ever before. This course will cover state of the art methods
and applications of next generation sequencing. Participants will be introduced to tools for analysing high throughput sequence data, including methods for measuring copy number variants and allelespecific expression, and conducting disease association analysis
with sequence data. There will be considerable opportunities to gain practical experience with new data types such as whole genome sequence, RNA- and ChIP-seq data. By the end of the course, participants will have a broad knowledge of current methods and applications
and will be well equipped to analyse their own data. This course follows the companion course “Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology in the GWAS era”.
Fees: Early bird rate £750 (available until 31 May 2016), Standard rate: £900 per course
Fees if booking on both courses: Early bird rate £1350 (valid until 31 May 2016), Standard rate: £1650
For more details and to book your place visit
Bloomsbury Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics.
Simona Wade, MSc
Centre Coordinator
Bloomsbury Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics
Email:
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Tel: 020 3108 4006; internal: 54006
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